Match-box



(No Model.)

J.. C. BAUER.

*MATCH BOX.

Patented Mar'. 1l, 1.884".

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MATCH-Box.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,098, dated March1l, 1884:.

Application tiled January 28, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB C. BAUER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvementin Matchoxes, ot which the following` is a specification. My inventionconsists of matchbox in which a tray for holding` the matches and anouter casing are combined with a'band passing` longitndinallyover andbeneath the tray, asdescrihed hereinafter, the objects of my inventionbeing to keep the matches in place, and to prevent their ignition onwithdrawing the tray from the Outer casing.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of myimproved match-box as it appears when partly open; Fig. 2,-alongitudinal section, showing a portion only of the inner box or tray insection; Fig. 3, a transverse section on the line l 2, Fig. 2, and Fig.4, a perspective view, drawn to a reduced scale, ot' the retaininghand,which extends ,longitudinally over and nnder the tray.

My Vimproved match-box is composed of three parts#nainely, thematch-holding` tray B, the retaining-band A, and the outer easing` orenvelope, D, all these parts being preferably made of eoinmonstraw-board. The'tra-y B is a simple quadrangular box open at the topwhen detached from the other parts of the box. The hand A, which iscontinuous, as shown in Fig. 4, extends under and over the tray and istted Vsnugly thereto, but so that it can he adjusted laterally thereonton any position desired. The outer casing, D, which is open at bothends, is made to fit so snugly to the tray and its band that a slighteilbrt will be required to push them in and out of the said casing. Ifthe hand A is properly ad- 40 justed over the tray, match after matehcan be readily removed, the band, however, pre-l venting the spilling ofthe matches from the i tray, even if the box should he held upside downwhen the tray is withdrawn. In pulling the tray in and out of theeasing, moreover, the band will eii'eetnally prevent the ignition hyfriction of any of the matches, even if some of the heads of the latterbe eX- posed, as in Fig, l, for the upperportion of the band bearing` onthe upper portion of the tray edeetually isolates the matches from thetop ofthe easing. An attempt has been made to thus isolate the matchesfrom the easing by a simple stri p' passed longitudinally across thematches, and having` turned-down ends iitting wit-hin the tray andbetween the matches and the ends oi the said tray; but in'this case thestrip is independent of the tray, and cannot always prevent the matchesfrom falling from said tray, on partially withdrawing the sam e, whenthe box is upside down, unless the strip is made of such heavy materialthat it cannot be bent by the weight of the matches upon it, and whenthe tray is entirely withdrawn while the box is inverted there isnothing to prevent the retainingstri ps from falling from the tray withthe matches. In my improvement,V 0n the eo11trary,tlie band isessentially part of the tray, and cannot he detached therefrom, ex-@opting` by removing it laterally.

I claim as my invention- The within-described match-box, the sameconsist-ing` of the combination of the tra-y B, the outer easing, D, andthe band A, extend ing longitudinally over and under the tray, allsubstantially as set forth.

In testimony whereoiI have signed my name to this specitieation in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB C. BAUER.

Viitnesses:

JOHN M. CLAYTON, JOHN E. PARKER.

